Year	Grizzly Bear		Black Bear		Unknown Species		Total
	Sightingsc	Signd	Sightings	Sign	Sightings	Sign
2002	887	80	641	7	54	11	1585
2001	548	44	417	5	25	24	1063
2000	579	100	422	11	56	47	1215
1999	786	226	352	68	54	53	1539
1998	736	202	482	55	61	68	1604
1997	581	57	463	17	49	130	1297
1996	611	76	373	17	50	51	1178
1995	796	86	546	20	106	54	1608
1994	704	95	795	16	137	82	1829
1993	533	111	668	33	95	93	1533
1992	455	85	536	33	87	37	1233
1991	356	121	490	31	80	44	1122
1990	471	96	549	21	88	46	1271
1989	553	131	575	38	88	71	1456
1988	659	133	753	45	135	77	1802
1987	653	106	696	27	160	96	1738
1986	841	109	754	34	172	82	2002
1985	708	43	496	10	166	62	1485
1984	704	53	451	9	125	74	1416
1983	318	42	470	14	132	32	1008
1982	339	21	506	10	101	20	997
1981	371	20	447	5	114	19	976
1980	278	6	337	3	103	15	742
1979	186	4	210	1	87	17	505

^a The number of bear sightings reported each year is dependent upon park visitation, observer effort, the number of on-going bear related research projects, availability of preferred bear foods, weather patterns, and other factors. The system was not designed to provide unduplicated samples of bear numbers. The number of bear sightings reported is not considered to be an indicator of population numbers or trends.

^b In 1993, the bear sighting reporting system was entered into a computer data base allowing computer tallying of the data. Bear sighting summaries from previous years were hand tallied and therefore may differ from these updated numbers.

^c Multiple bears observed together such as females with cubs or mating pairs are recorded as one bear sighting report. Multiple reports obviously representing the same bear on the same day were also recorded as one sighting.

^d Sign includes tracks, scats, feeding sights, day beds, and den sites.